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Summary

Contains all changes from !151 (closed) and !137 (merged) as well as additional tests and some fixes.

Focus

• Changes from the current version of compare are in this diff

Test Environment

Manual Tests

Check List for the Author

• All automated tests pass
• Reference related issues MRs
• Up-to-date CHANGELOG.md (or not necessary)
• Appropriate user and developer documentation (or not necessary)
• Annotations in code (Gitlab comments)

Check List for the Reviewer

• I understand the intent of this MR
• All automated tests pass
• Up-to-date CHANGELOG.md (or not necessary)
• Appropriate user and developer documentation (or not necessary)
• The test environment setup works and the intended behavior is reproducible in the test environment
• In-code documentation and comments are up-to-date.
• Check: Are there specifications? Are they satisfied?